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32 teams in AL, ECL, NL, NNL · 1256 regular-season games · 1926-01-01 to 1926-10-14 · attendance 9,832,982

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World Series champion

St. Louis Cardinals

MVP

George Burns AL
Bob O'Farrell NL

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
World Series	St. Louis Cardinals 4–3 New York Yankees	7

Standings

AL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Yankees	91	63	.591	—	713	1,027,675	Miller Huggins	Pennant
2	Cleveland Indians	88	66	.571	3	612	627,426	Tris Speaker
3	Philadelphia Athletics	83	67	.553	6	570	714,508	Connie Mack
4	Washington Senators	81	69	.540	8	761	551,580	Bucky Harris
5	Chicago White Sox	81	72	.529	9.5	665	710,339	Eddie Collins
6	Detroit Tigers	79	75	.513	12	830	711,914	Ty Cobb
7	St. Louis Browns	62	92	.403	29	845	283,986	George Sisler
8	Boston Red Sox	46	107	.301	44.5	835	285,155	Lee Fohl

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	St. Louis Cardinals	89	65	.578	—	678	668,428	Rogers Hornsby	World Series
2	Cincinnati Reds	87	67	.565	2	651	672,987	Jack Hendricks
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	84	69	.549	4.5	689	798,542	Bill McKechnie
4	Chicago Cubs	82	72	.532	7	602	885,063	Joe McCarthy
5	New York Giants	74	77	.490	13.5	668	700,362	John McGraw
6	Brooklyn Robins	71	82	.464	17.5	705	650,819	Wilbert Robinson
7	Boston Braves	66	86	.434	22	719	303,598	Dave Bancroft
8	Philadelphia Phillies	58	93	.384	29.5	900	240,600	Art Fletcher

Eastern Colored League

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Hilldale Club	52	32	.619	—	388	Frank Warfield
2	Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	43	28	.606	2.5	243	Dick Lundy	Pennant
3	Cuban Stars East	29	22	.569	6.5	185	Pelayo Chacón
4	Harrisburg Giants	27	22	.551	7.5	275	Oscar Charleston
5	New York Lincoln Giants	21	30	.412	14.5	303	John Henry Lloyd
6	Baltimore Black Sox	22	38	.367	18	357	Ben Taylor
7	Brooklyn Royal Giants	11	24	.314	16.5	128	Jock Waters
8	Newark Stars	1	10	.091	14.5	74	Andy Harris

Negro National League (I)

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Kansas City Monarchs	57	21	.731	—	293	Bullet Rogan
2	Chicago American Giants	56	24	.700	2	278	Rube Foster, Dave Malarcher	World Series
3	St. Louis Stars	55	29	.655	5	583	Branch Russell, Dizzy Dismukes, John Reese
4	Detroit Stars	52	45	.536	14.5	536	Bill Riggins, Candy Jim Taylor
5	Indianapolis ABCs	38	47	.447	22.5	410	Bingo DeMoss
6	Cuban Stars West	19	49	.279	33	403	Tinti Molina
7	Cleveland Elites	8	40	.167	34	381	Candy Jim Taylor, Frank Duncan
8	Dayton Marcos	6	36	.143	33	260	Eddie Huff

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Ted Lyons, Chicago White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox, 1926-08-21
Claude Grier, Atlantic City Bacharach Giants vs. Chicago American Giants, 1926-10-03

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